Valentin Churavy

Valentin Churavy is a Research Software Engineer at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and the University of Augsburg since August 2024. With a strong background in programming and computer science, Valentin has served as an Open Source Developer for The Julia Language since September 2016 and has held various leadership roles within JuliaCon, including Diversity, Equity and Inclusion co-Chair, Proceedings Chair, and Program Chair. Previous experience includes positions as a Graduate Research Assistant at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where work focused on distributed heterogeneous computing, and at the Climate Modeling Alliance. Valentin also contributed as an Executive Editor for JuliaCon Proceedings and completed several internships, including a Computing Scholar role at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and a research internship at Microsoft. Educational qualifications include a PhD and Master’s degrees in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Cognitive Science from Universität Osnabrück, with additional graduate research conducted at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology.